Today an Indian school boy, Pranav Dhanawade has listed his name in the cricket world with incredible world record of highest individual score in one innings. Fifteen-year-old Pranav Dhanawade has managed to scored more than 1,000 runs in a single innings to set a new world record in school cricket history.

Pranav Dhanawade 1009 – Highest Individual Innings Score Record

He continued his innings in the HT Bhandari Cup inter-school tournament and reached 1,009 runs. He smashed 59 sixes and 127 fours in 395 minutes before his KC Gandhi School declared the innings at 1,465 against Arya Gurukul School on Tuesday. Pranav Dhanawade broke the previous record of 628 set by Arthur Collins in 1899.

Pranav Dhanawade Record Breaking Scorecard

Mumbai school cricket is highly competitive and has produced cricketers like legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar and current Indian opener Rohit Sharma. Dhanawade said his father, an auto-rickshaw driver, had pushed him to play and was partly responsible for his success. He said he was ready for international cricket, but intended to first play in the under-19 state team. Dhanawade’s innings propelled him to the top of the trends on Twitter in India, where reactions to his innings have ranged from praise to shock and disbelief.